Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 03:18
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 783 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.5 94% 109 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 100 Splatting 98 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 254 219 220 226 227 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 461 Mixed 333 SusWrite 266 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 46.5 169% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 238 213% 323 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 177GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 490 489 496 497 497 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 487 Mixed 398 SusWrite 492 106% 468 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.8 219% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 319 253% 352 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 131%
Sony Storage Media 16GB 832 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 02a5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 8.9 8.3 7.3 8.7 8.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	7.21% Terrible	Read 25 Write 4.7 Mixed 8.7 SusWrite 8 13% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.21% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$82 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 31.4 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 32.7 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 46 87% 46 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 - $191

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2,212x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	472x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	294x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	481x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	390x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	178x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	148x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	118x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	123x
Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 4,420 samples	96x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16